# Customize the editing experience

The backoffice is one of the main forces of Umbraco CMS. It is where you build the foundations for the website and where your content editors will work with the content.

In this section, you will find all the resources you need to build an intuitive and fluid editor experience for your content editors.

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## Other ways to extend the Umbraco CMS backoffice

* [Backoffice Tours](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/backoffice-tours.md)
* [Backoffice Search](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/backoffice-search.md)
* [Content Apps](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/content-apps.md)
* [Language files and localization](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/language-files.md)
* [Macro Parameter editors](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/macro-parameter-editors.md)

## Also in this section

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[Creating a Custom Database Table](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/database.md)
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[Configuring Azure Key Vault](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/key-vault.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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[Custom File Systems (IFileSystem)](/umbraco-cms/13.latest/extending/filesystemproviders.md)
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